Power-transmitting apparatus



Feb. 22,1927. 1 ,7 5

H. SOOY POWER TRANSMI TTING APPARATUS Filed Dec. 20. 1926 If INVENTOR,

#71: ATTORNEY.

PATENT OFFICE.

NORMAN H. SOOY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

POWEBPTRANSMITTING APPARATUS.

Application filed December 20, 1926. Serial No. 155,818.

My invention relates to improvements in power transmitting apparatus, particularly well adapted for transmitting power inecliani cally from a power station to operating mechanisms, such .as punip- Jacks, of wells in an oil field.

It relates particularly to an improved novel swing of the type having arms (lisposed at angles to each other and to which connecting rods are attached for change of direction of the power transmitted.

One of the objects of. my invention is to provide a novel swing of the kind described having the arms adjustable to different angles to each other to accommodate the swing to varying directions in the power transmission.

A further object of my invention is the provision of novel supporting means for the arms of the swing. I

Still another object of my invention is the provision of novel means for bracing the swing supporting means. D I 4 A further object of my invention is the provision of novel means 01; efi'ecting the lubrication of the moving parts."

Another object of my invention is the provision of an apparatus of the kind which is novel, simple, strong, durable, not liable to get out of order, which is easy to install and to adjust, and which is eflicient in operation.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which il-- lustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved power transmitting apparatus.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the same partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the difierent views.

1 designates a vertical post, preferably a tube, which may be mounted in a concrete base 2, and to one side of which are clamped by U-bolts 3 and 4 bearing means comprising two vertical tubular members 5 and 6. disposed in vertical al'inement one above the other.

The swing is provided with two oscillative arms exten'clin horizontally radially and adjustable to diiferent angles to each other. One of the arms comprises two parallel radial channel bars 7 and 8 disposed one above the other, spaced apart, and res ectively bolted to the upper and lower si es of a lower end in an upwardly facing recess 10, in the upper side of the tubular member 6. A spacing draft member 11 is bolted to and between the outer end portions of the bars 7 and 8, and has attached to it a draft link 12 to which is connected one of two transmission bars, not shown.

I he other arm of the swing comprises two channel bars 13 and 14 disposed radially horizontally parallel with each other one above the other and at an angle to the bars 7 and 8. lhe rear end portions of the bars 13 and ll are respectively bolted to the upper and lower sides of a member 15, the upper end of whichis oscillatively mounted in the tubular member 5. A spacing member 16, similar to the member 11 in function and construction is bolted to and between the bars 13 and 14 at the outer end portions thereof, and has mounted unit a draft link 17, to which may be connected a transmission bar, not shown, disposed at an angle to the other transmission bar above referred to. The links 12 and 17 are respectively pivoted on vertical axes to the spacing draft members 11 and 16.

For lubricating the bearing means, the members 9 and are each provided with an axial hole, the one in the member 9 alining with theone in the member 15 and communicating with the recess 10. A bolt 18 extends through said axial holes and above the member 15. An oil cup 19 is mounted on the bolt 18 and rests on the upper end of the member 15 to which it is held by a nut 20 on the threaded upper end of the bolt 18. The bottom of the oil cup 19 has a discharge hole 21 through which oil passes onto the upper end of the member 15, from whence it passes between said member and the member 5, and also downwardly along the bolt 18 to between the members 9 and 15 and into the recess 10, where it lubricates the lower end of the member 9.

For bracing the post 1, there is aninclincd brace member 22, which may be a bar or a pipe, and which has its lower end "embedded in the base 2, and which has. its upper end bearing against the side of the post lopposite to the side against which bears the member 5. A clamping plate 23 on the upper side of the brace member 22 bears against the post 1 and has in its outer member 9, which is pivotally mounted at its I side an arcuate groove 24 in which is dis posed the U bolt 3. A U bolt 25 embraces the brace member 22 and has its arms extending through the plate 23. The arms of the U bolts 3, 4 and 25 are provided respectively with nuts 26 bearing against the members 5 and 6 and the plate 23 respectively.

For holding the arms of the swing in the diilerent positions to which they may be adjusted with respect to each other, a con necting bar 27 has one end disposed be tween the bars 7 and 8 to which it is pivoted by a vertical bolt 28. The other end of the bar 27 is disposed between the bars 13 and 14 to which it is fastened by a vertical bolt 29, which is adapted to be extended through any one of a longitudinal row of holes 30 in the bar 27, to hold the swing arms in the relative angular positions to which they may be adjusted with respect to each other.

In Fig. 2, the swing arms are shown in solid lines in one relative position, and in dotted lines in another relative osition with respect to each other. This ad ustability of the swing arms is designed to accommodate the swing to the different angular relation of the transmission rods, not shown, which connect the swing with difi'erently located wells.

To change the angular relation of the swing arms, the bolt 29 is removed and inserted in the hole 30 which will enable the proper angle between the arms to be obtained.

In operation, the swing arms are oscillated in the usual manner. The pull and thrust imparted to one arm being transmitted to the other arm by the connecting bar 27.

For holding the bearing mom rs 5 and 6 in spaced relation to each other, to permit of the free movement of the swing arms 7 and 13, two shouldered vertical bolts 31 having respectively nuts 32 may be extended through the members 5 and 6.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

W lat I claim is.

1. In a ower transmitting apparatus of the kind escribed, a swing comprising a support, two draft arms oscillative on said support and adjustable to diiferent angles with respect to each other, a rigid bar, and means for fastening said bar to said arms when the arms are in dillcrent relative angular positions, for holding said arms in said positions.

2. In a1 ower transmitting apparatus of the kind cescribed, a swing comprising a support, two draft arms oscillative on said support and adjustable to ditlerent angles with respect to each other, a connecting bar fastened to one of said arms and having a longitudinal row of holes, and a fastening member carried by the other arm and adapted for insertion through any one of said holes.

3. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a supporting post, bearing means mounted on said post and rigidly attached thereto, two draft arms oscillative on said bearing means on an axis eccentric to said post, and means connecting said arms for holding them in an angular position with respect to each other.

at. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a supporting post, hearing means on said post, two draft arms oscillative on said bearing means on an axis eccentric to said post and adjustable to different angles with respect to each other, and means connecting said arms for holding them in the different relative angular positlons to which they may be adjusted.

5. I11 a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a supporting post, hearing means on said post, and a draft arm oscillative on said bearing means on an axis eccentric to said post.

6. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a supporting post, a bearing member, clamping means fastening said member to said post, and a draft arm oscillative on said member on an axis eccentric to said post.

7. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a supporting post, a hearing member mounted on the side of said post, a U-bolt embracing said post and having its arms fastened to said bearing member, and a draft arm oscillative on said bearing member on an axis eccentric to said post.

8. In a )ower transmitting apparatus of the kind ascribed, a supporting post, two bearing members, means by which said members are clamped to the side of said post one above the other, two draft arms osci'llative on said members respectively and adjustable to dili'erent angles with respect to each other, and means connecting said arms by which they are held in the relative positions to which they are adjusted with respect to each other.

9. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a snpportin post, a bearing member having a cup siaped recess, means for fastening said member to the side of said post, a draft arm osciilative on said member in said recess, and having a hole therethrough communicating with. said resees, a bolt extending through said hole, and an oil cup on said bolt above said arm having in its bottom a discharge hole.

10. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a supportin post, a bearmg member having a cup s laped races-s,

means for fastening said member to the side of said post, a draft arm oscillative on said member in said recess, and having a hole therethrough communicating with said re-. cess, a second bearin member above the first named bearing mem er, means for fastening the second named bearing member to said post, a second draft arm oscillative on said second named bearing member and having a hole therethrough alining with the said hole, 'a bolt extending through said holes, and an oil cup on said bolt above the second named draft arm and having in its bottom a discharge hole. a

11. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a supporting post, an in- ,clined brace member, a bearing member,

means for clamping said bearing member and said brace member to said post, and a draft arm oscillative on said bearing member.

12. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, a supporting post, an inclined brace member, a bearing member, a plate bearin against the outer sides of said post and sai brace member, clamping means connecting said plate and said bearing-member for holding said plate and bearing member against said post, and a draft arm oscillative on said bearing member.

13. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, bearing means adapted to be fastened to a suitable support, two draft arms oscillative on said bearing means and adjustable to different angles with respect to each other, and means for holding said arms each other on the axes thereof, a bar fastened to one of said arms, and means for fastening said bar to the other arm, when said arms are in different relative angular positions.

15. In a power transmitting apparatus of the kind described, bearing means adapted to be fastened to a suitable support, two draft arms oscillative on said bearing means and adjustable to different angles with respect to each other on the axes thereof, a bar fastened to one of said arms having a longitudinal row of holes, and a bolt carried by the other arm and adapted for insertion into any one of said holes.

16. In a power transmitting apparatuspf the kind described, a supporting post, an mclined brace member, bearing means, a plate. bearin against the outer sides of said post and said brace member, means for clamping said plate to said brace member, clamping means connecting said plate and said bearing means for holding the latter against said post, and a draft arm oscillative on said bearing means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

NORMAN H. sooY. 

